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- E-Business Globalization and Localization – Major Steps to Achieving Multilingual SEO Success - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsUntil the recent past, you could count on one hand the number of companies that really cared to adapt their websites for foreign markets. Even the people who opted to do so were not serious enough with their efforts; they only embarked on a translation of their English copy to the local language ...
Views: 892 - Top tips on getting folks to follow you on twitter - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTwitter is making waves all over the place; celebrities, top business people, ordinary people, and just anyone is using it! Now, how can you successfully apply Twitter to your business? Here are tips on how you can be greatly noticed and followed on Twitter for the success of your ...
Views: 885 - Reciprocal Links: Don’t Be Deceived by Wrong Information - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsJeff Matthews is a freelance writer who wrights about Internet marketing ideas To know about this subject and Jeff please visit The first or initial element on the Web was the reciprocal links – they’ve been in existence long before we started hearing of ‘social media’. There’s no complexity ...
Views: 858 - 5 Top rules that guide affiliate marketing - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you do not want to bug yourself with the hassles involved in putting up a website, but would love to make some money online, affiliate marketing would be a great option for you. Contrary to what a lot of people think, creating affiliate marketing is not an uphill task. What matters most ...
Views: 765 - Differentiate the profile and business pages on Facebook - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsThere is a massive rush to create profiles on social networking sites in order to kick off marketing in Web 2.0. But before you join the rush, you need to learn about certain technical elements about establishing online presence on Facebook. Taking out time to identify the difference between a ...
Views: 759 - The best way to lead the competition – dynamic keyword research - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNow, when you look at Google’s keyword tool known as ‘Insights for Search’, it would appear simple, and you may think it is one semi-sophisticated tool that just updates you when search volume is either climbing up or declining for a group of keywords or just one keyword. What I mean is this, do ...
Views: 756 - Top tips on choosing suitable keywords for the SEO of your website - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsBefore staking out any fund on SEO, your first task is to select the suitable keywords. In trying to pick the right keywords, you need to understand what is behind the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of people’s search. When people surf the web, they are looking for information on the solution to a problem as ...
Views: 728 - Acquiring twitter followers without the mass following tool - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNeedless to say, you would possibly need more Twitter followers to boost traffic or enhance business opportunities. Well, you have your reasons. The term ‘Organic’ is an important phrase in this article. Organic result is very healthy and desirable. For instance, in a search, organic result ...
Views: 703(1 vote) - Golden ratio of twitter - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhen you come to Twitter platform as a novice, you will find that everything is easy-going. You will get alert about a follower – perhaps you would also respond by following the person in return. Of course, you would certainly need some tweets in your stream. After a while, you will start being ...
Views: 685 - Top 4 ways to make most of your facebook page - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsYou are missing out massively if you do not have a Facebook Fan Page for your business. With over 350,000,000 active users, Facebook can help grow your business rapidly and massively. Beside the massive potential customers you would meet on Facebook and other social media platforms, Google is ...
Views: 682 - Top tips for increasing facebook likes - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTowards the tail end of 2010, there was massive media coverage on Facebook Likes – a signal that Facebook Likes would spread like wildfire in 2011. We are now in 2011 and quite rightly are witnessing a massive awareness and clamor about Facebook Likes. By all indications, Facebook ‘Likes’ has ...
Views: 675 - Internet marketing trends in 2011: What to expect - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe past year was really a thrilling one for internet activities. In 2010, it appeared as though Facebook was a big threat to the mighty search engine – Google. In the same year, there was steady and continuous growth of social networking. Also, mobile web surfing became more popular than the ...
Views: 664 - Internet Marketing Trends for 2011 - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe year 2010 was a huge one for the entire internet world. This was the year that the internet big super power (Google) was challenged by the emergence and super-activities of Facebook. The growth of social networking continued to soar, and mobile internet surfing experienced a massive leap in ...
Views: 649 - The top result on google generates nearly 40% of the entire clicks - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA recently conducted study reveals that it is very important to rank very high in Google’s search results. The average click-through rate of the top results is almost 40%. The cost per click as well as the amount of searches is also an influencing factor on the clicks. What is the implication of ...
Views: 649 - 4 Major Reasons Why Your SEO Campaign Hasn’t Been Effective - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of webmasters complain that their SEO strategies are not as effective as they should be. What is responsible for the poor result of your campaigns? What are the techniques that can boost the performance of your SEO efforts? A lot of things may be responsible for the ...
Views: 645 - Using twitter rightly to enhance your ranking - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsRecently, Google and Bing were interviewed concerning social signals. The result of the interview confirmed that retweet by Twitter users with authority can significantly enhance your organic ranking. Here, we will discuss tips that can make Twitter authorities to recognize your tweets. You ...
Views: 640(1 vote) - 5 facts you should know about your facebook page username - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsNo doubts, you must have created a username for your Facebook page as well as a username for your personal profile. The visibility of your username is quite prominent in your URL. Therefore, a common name known as ‘vanity URL’ has been assigned to it. Here are 5 top essentials or facts ...
Views: 636 - How applicable is twitter to business? - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTwitter – the micro-blogging platform known to just a few people, until a few months back, has gone mainstream with more than six million subscribers. Of course, this number is growing on a daily basis. Even renowned news outlets including CNN, Fox News and others are leveraging Twitter platform ...
Views: 634 - Top 5 Facebook Applications that are Worth Having for Your Business - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe best time to secure a business real estate on the number one Social platform is now. The rate at which Fan Pages for business are getting relevant for virtually all industry types is amazing. But, some people are not careful to carry out proper maintenance of their Fan Pages, thereby ...
Views: 631 - Social Bookmarking – Its Meaning and Significance as a Valuable Marketing Technique - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsAs the flagship of the Web 2.0 movement, social bookmarking is similar to ‘Bookmarks’ or ‘Add to Favorites’ which you are already conversant with - using web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox. However, your computer stores the created bookmark. With social bookmarking, you can store ...
Views: 615 - Google’s official statement warns on pagerank obsession - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of webmasters are very much concerned about the PageRank that Google’s toolbar displays. Focusing on this value is not quite prudent enough. Few years back, there was an official statement by Google, pointing out clearly that webmasters should pay attention to other things that ...
Views: 608 - LinkedIn PPC Advertising – Is it just another PPC Ads Platform? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsYou can reach out to your target market by using LinkedIn Advertising. This is another Social Media Pay Per Click platform. LinkedIn PPC Advertising uses demographic targeting, structured like the Facebook advertising. The LinkedIn PPC advertising is known as LinkedIn Direct Ads. Facebook PPC ...
Views: 608 - Twitter – An excellent tool for strengthening business relationships - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne of the major reasons for the massive movement of companies to Twitter is the benefit of achieving enhanced business relationships. You can become very close to your business partners as well as customers by using Twitter regularly – with the end result of increased sales and business ...
Views: 608 - 4 best tips to generate natural backlinks - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIn recent times, Google has become more sophisticated in spotting poor quality links and WebPages. Perhaps your link service is the type that promises tons of high PR links for ridiculously low service fee; also if you use automated system to generate links, it is most likely that Google would ...
Views: 606 - Tips on Increasing Your Facebook Likes - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsFacebook ‘likes’ is already the rage of this new year – having had a massive media coverage on the the air towards the end of 2010. With the look of things, Facebook Likes have come to stay. It is important to work towards raising your Facebook Likes in this new year. Facebook “Likes” is ...
Views: 605 - Google Panda: Mandate on businesses to create valuable content - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPerhaps you haven’t been attentive to the news going on about Google Panda; if so, there are key things you need to know, especially if content creation is one of your tools for marketing your business. Recently, Google introduced another technique regarding the ranking of websites that feature ...
Views: 598 - Sources For Generating Traffic Other Than Search Engines - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsAre you looking for an efficient alternative to search engine-oriented traffic? Don’t put all your eggs on the search engine algorithms. Yes, you can take advantage of other really efficient, reliable and multiple traffic-generation-sources to reach out to your prospective clients. ...
Views: 597 - How to Achieve Quality Twitter Following - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsTweeter is no longer something new. Today, everybody knows about Twitter; your folks, friends and even grannies are all twitting. If you have an online business, how can you take advantage of Twitter to grow your online business? Here are tips and tricks that work. Real Photos Count a ...
Views: 595 - Building your brand with social media – doing it the right way - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsJust imagine for a moment, thousands of folks all over the world commending your business and your offerings and recommending you to everyone around them – their friends, connections, followers as well as fans. This can be a dream come true, if only you can invest time to connect with consumers ...
Views: 593 - Generating Links From Authority Webpages - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe links that come from authority sources play the biggest role to enhance the ranking of your webpages on Google search result page. You are most likely to be listed among the top 10 on Google result page if established authority-webpages link to your website with the anchor-text featuring ...
Views: 589 - Changes To Your Webpage Can Influence Your Search Engine Ranking - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIt is quite an obvious fact that changes made to contents on your website can cause a shift on the position of your search engine result page. However, the nature of search engines’ reaction over changes on webpages is not known, and it is not clear why the changes should occur and what is ...
Views: 587 - Straight from google: Techniques for optimizing your website - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe SEO tips and techniques featured in this article were culled from the live chat that Google’s Matt Cutts granted on YouTube. Tip One: All hope for regaining ranking is not lost for penalized websites A big company’s website was penalized due to excess paid links featured on their site. ...
Views: 586 - Top Advantages of Social Media Marketing - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsSocial media is making a lot of waves these days. In case you are still wondering about what the fuss is all about, here are the top advantages or benefits of social media to your business, and to you as an individual. Benefits of Social Media Marketing for Your Business Brand ...
Views: 586 - What you need to know about yahoo search marketing - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWe are oblivious of the fact that Yahoo search marketing is fast following after Google’s AdWords. So, it is worth trying – the bid fees are lesser, competition is minimal and conversation rate is high. Gradually, marketers online and advertisers who want to experiment with new markets and make ...
Views: 582 - 3 Questions You Need to Ask When A Site Links to Your Site - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne important feature that gives value to your website in the eyes of Google as well as other search engines, is the inbound links. Also, inbound links enable more people to find your site and your offerings. Inbound links are as good as another vote of confidence given to your website. ...
Views: 581 - Domain Names and How They Affect SEO - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsIt is quite common to come across a question such as this: ‘How can domain names affect SEO?’ Although domain names are among the least significant aspects for a top SEO ranking, there are certain things you ought to be aware of. What about Buying a Domain Name that Incorporates a ...
Views: 577 - Best 5 expert tips for result-oriented article marketing - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne of the easiest techniques for generating free traffic is article marketing. It can take you just a couple of minutes to come up with great articles depending on your research and typing skills. Article directories are very helpful when it comes to getting articles to achieve high ranking on ...
Views: 574 - Best Tips on Developing Link Building Strategies - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsLink building is seen as the part two of any Search Engine Optimization campaign, after on-site optimization. Link building is a crucial element when it comes to keeping up your site ranking and making your site trustworthy in the eyes of search engines. As an ongoing campaign required to ...
Views: 573 - Google and Social Media Marketing – Google+ reviewed - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOver the last decade, the scope and importance of social networking has grown leaps and bounds. The position of Facebook in social media marketing has remained unshakable and non-controversial. Google+: On several occasions, Google has attempted to penetrate the realm of social networking ...
Views: 571 - Helpful tips for achieving enhanced networking with social media - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsThe interest of common people is the major reason behind social media networking sites to enable them connect with a vast array of human identities who may be existing friends or new people. In summary, the value of social media cannot be quantified and this online platform increases popularity ...
Views: 571 - Get your Basics Right for Customer Growth on Local Search Shortlists - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhether you own a large retail chain or just a small business, you can take advantage of Local (which is the new and rapid local search innovation) to stay on top. The trend of events recently is indeed excellent for the small businesses and the overall internet marketing industry. Right ...
Views: 569 - Business Going Local – Using Google Places to Rank Higher on Google - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPlaces Search is one of the latest developments on Google. Google Search is the former Google Local/Google Maps. Sites listed in Google Places are currently listed on top of the search result pages when local searches are conducted. If your business is local area based, it is an excellent idea ...
Views: 564(1 vote) - The Springboard to Swift Growth on Your Facebook Fan Page - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you look ahead to spark a swift growth on your Facebook fan page, here are top tips that are definitely going to help you. Ignite the first growth numbers quickly within the network If your target is to get to a wider audience, the first and crucial step is to reach substantial ...
Views: 559 - Top 5 mistakes online network marketers make when starting out new - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsIf you have been intending on venturing out into the online MLM business, there are mistakes, pitfalls and snares you must be aware of and hence avoid - in order to be successful in this business niche. Concentrating on Multiple Internet Marketing Techniques Simultaneously and Having No ...
Views: 559 - Twitter and Customer Service – Great Scope Unleashed ! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2010 from Jeff MatthewsClients of web hosting companies must have come across several issues over the years. Issues can crop up when it is a hard drive failure, servers going down, loss of email, awful customer service or a host of several other woes. Even some of the hosting relationships that kicked off on a good ...
Views: 554 - Get Massive Response from Blog Commenting Services - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsPerhaps you’ve been searching for the most effective link building technique to help you get better ranking for your website and to generate significant traffic. If so, this is the right place to get help for your link building needs. Effective blog commenting service offered here is a great way ...
Views: 553 - A Realistic Guide to Link Building - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsWhether it’s the large corporations or small business establishments, search engines play a very crucial role in their growth and hence in their promotion efforts. The most popular way of finding websites is through search engines; you will get more visitors if your site shows up frequently on ...
Views: 551 - Effective Strategies for Applying Social Media to Your Small Business - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsA good number of small business owners are perhaps too busy for social media marketing, or do not even understand how these platforms work. Therefore, they outsource business application of Facebook, Twitter or Foursquare to specialists. This action may not often work optimally for a business. ...
Views: 549(1 vote) - Get higher search ranking – Optimize your internal links - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsOne might not achieve the desired higher ranking on Google search pages without having planned and optimized the ‘content’ of their webpages very meticulously. Basically, you need to work on the titles of your webpages, the contents they carry, as well as the backlinks from other websites. ...
Views: 546 - Some FAQs of Using Facebook to Grow Business - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Jeff MatthewsEvery online business, whether small or large has Facebook marketing as an effective marketing tool. Coming forth with specific and lasting excellent practices, can be extremely challenging due to changes in technology and consumer behaviors, alongside the fast pace of social web. There has ...
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